After grabbing eyeballs worldwide for her powerful act in Hollywood’s popular American Pie series of teen comedies, the stunning actress Shannon Elizabeth seems to be taking her fervor for poker a bit too seriously. The Texas-born actress has not only been hogging the limelight for her intrinsic performing skills, but has also caught many off-balances for her name in the poker world as well.
Although Shannon was introduced to poker at an early age, the actress never really took it professional until now. Whether some believe it came natural to her or feel that her association with many poker pros egged her on, the multi-talented actress has nonetheless pulled some strings as far as establishing her table presence in a number of celebrity tournaments is concerned.
In fact, the gorgeous actress-come-poker player even marked a niche in the fourth edition of Celebrity Poker Showdown – surpassing 91 other poker professionals and celebs to claim the first place. Although Shannon accomplished magnificent success by latching onto the largest chunk of $120,000 prize tool for her poker skills, the actress however had her first taste of fame through her successful modeling career in New York and acting parts on TV shows.
What really seized enormous stardom for this Texas-born talent hub was a significant role in American Pie, which indeed opened up a lot of doors for her. Since then, Elizabeth has played meaty roles in high grossing films such as Scary Movie, Tomcats, Love Actually, and off course American Pie 2. However, the opportunity to meet several poker professionals and pros whilst very much working in Hollywood is what led Shannon to a poker world – which had all the right reasons to get dominated by this gorgeous woman.
Although she does not win poker events on a consistent basis, the actress still enjoys playing in celebrity and charity tournaments. While her first love remains very much grounded with acting, Shannon Elizabeth has got everything right to take ‘poker’ as her alternate career choice. We shouldn’t be surprised if we find the actress teaching others a lesson on ‘how to strike a balance between both worlds’.